Streaming video from your HTPC?

If you have an HTPC (home theater pc) you can use "Orb". The Orb live app doesn't work on the Evo yet, but I can watch all my shows using the Orb website and set the stream to flash. Seems to cut out if the signal is switching between 3g and 4g (like on the road). Also, if you use your phone to initiate a torrent on your HTPC, you can't watch it until you log into your HTPC with "logmein" or something similar and click *refresh* on the orb server app. Also, doesn't stream WMC (windows media center) recordings in flash format (any fix?).

For pictures and music, "Pogoplug" is what I use. It's a user friendly NAS (network attached storage) with a web interface. Just buy the adapter and use an old usb hard drive and you have an NAS that you can use from any internet capable device. Pogoplug android app is great! Warning: Do not use pogoplug for movies! It takes 6 hours to convert a 2 hour movie into a stream ready movie. That means once your torrent is downloaded, you can't watch it till blueray is obsolete.

If you have an HTPC (home theater pc) you can use "Orb". The Orb live app doesn't work on the Evo yet, but I can watch all my shows using the Orb website and set the stream to flash. Seems to cut out if the signal is switching between 3g and 4g (like on the road). Also, if you use your phone to initiate a torrent on your HTPC, you can't watch it until you log into your HTPC with "logmein" or something similar and click *refresh* on the orb server app. Also, doesn't stream WMC (windows media center) recordings in flash format (any fix?).

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Um Im using OrbLive on my EVO as I type this so not sure why you'd think it doesnt work on an EVO. I use it to stream music, mkv's, avi, etc.

As for refreshing orb, use the "restart orb" option in the tools section of orb live.

For pictures and music, "Pogoplug" is what I use. It's a user friendly NAS (network attached storage) with a web interface. Just buy the adapter and use an old usb hard drive and you have an NAS that you can use from any internet capable device. Pogoplug android app is great! Warning: Do not use pogoplug for movies! It takes 6 hours to convert a 2 hour movie into a stream ready movie. That means once your torrent is downloaded, you can't watch it till blueray is obsolete.

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Pogoplug is crap. Got one for free from work and sold it on craigslist for 40 bucks. The transcoding is horrible. To spend 100 bucks on a photo viewer is absurd. Just run picasa on your htpc and set your files to autosync on picasas site. Then use either the 3d gallery or picasa tool to view them. All free, all flawless.

Homepipes music playback sucks. Not even gonna begin to explain why but use it and youll understand.

The only thing Ive found worth a damn working with ITunes is Itunes Remote. I run my bluetooth headphones with a class 1 bluetooth dongle and use ITunes remote to control playback. Also excellent for parties.

Other alternatives are Subsonic and GMote.

Subsonics playback startup can take a while to begin a song and tends to hiccup while downloading it. Its a good idea but doesnt work as smooth as ORB.

Gmote works well but not enough options.

Overall, ORB's UI is generic and could use to be modernized but it works the best of everything out there.

Remote media for android allows setting up recordings on epg, and viewing recordings without having to index first. Seek is the kicker though. Anyone who regularly uses orb knows that it's frusterating having to restart everytime you get a phone call or lose 4G